Chapter 2404: Come, Let's Pretend to Be a Nation

Chapter 2404: Chapter 2121: Come, Let’s Pretend to Be a Nation

[Still too weak. These barbarians have enough courage in battle, but they don’t understand coordination, so they are useless in large-scale warfare.] Xun Shen sighed as he watched the barbarians coming and going in Sizhao City.

At that moment, Xuu You, clad in a Confucian robe and draped in fox fur, walked slowly through the snow, “Youruo, are you still worried about the battle in the west?”

“Of course I am. I don’t believe you can’t see that the current situation in the west is as perilous as a castle on eggshells.” Xun Shen turned his head, his eyes sharply scanning Xuu You as he spoke.

“What we can see, others can naturally see as well,” Xuu You said indifferently, “You’ve been troubled lately.”

“If you feel troubled, you’d best cooperate with me a bit. You left shortly after our lord departed. Did you truly have our venture at heart?” Xun Shen said coldly, and Xuu You simply smiled without saying anything.

“I’ve been pondering for a while. In fact, many issues arise because our direction of thinking is wrong. Leave the next steps to me. The western war is not as simple as you think; Parthia is about to rest forever.” Xuu You said with a light smile, displaying a sage’s characteristic calm before Xun Shen.

“?” Xun Shen looked at Xuu You in confusion, frowned, and said, “Although the reports from the west suggest that Parthia’s situation is admittedly not good, it certainly isn’t as dire as you claim.”

“I’ve been pondering something. My wisdom comes from my greed for precious items. What counts as precious?” Xuu You did not answer Xun Shen’s question but instead asked another, “Precious jade, bright pearls, a golden cauldron, or some rare thing.”

“Uh, what do you think?” Xun Shen couldn’t grasp the thread of Xuu You’s speech.

“I spent several months in a gold mine, a big, big gold mine. Now, I’m probably stronger than I was at my peak,” Xuu You said lightly with a smile, “We should send a message to Chen Zichuan. Sometimes pretending to be a nation can be quite fun.”

“Pretending to be a nation?” Xun Shen said, looking bewildered.

“It’s simple. We have roughly hundreds of thousands of strong barbarians here. They’re just lacking discipline, but they don’t lack courage in battle,” Xuu You said with a smile, “And that’s why we have the capital to pretend to be a nation.”

“What we need is conquest. Cross the Ural Mountains, reclaim as the Sizhao Kingdom, start wars, and ignite the flame of civilization west of the Ural Mountains,” Xuu You said with a light smile, “Our lord as their king!”

“The problem is, we can’t defeat so many barbarians. There aren’t many barbarians west of the Ural Mountains, but once we cross, their numbers will be terrifying, not tens of thousands, but hundreds of thousands, even millions of barbarians!” Xun Shen shook his head, not optimistic about Xuu You’s plan.

“Indeed, millions of strong barbarians, millions of displaced barbarians, millions of barbarians who have been setback, eliminating the weak,” Xuu You said calmly, looking at Xun Shen.

Xun Shen was stunned, inexplicably following Xuu You’s thinking, and his expression suddenly showed surprise, “If it’s truly as you estimate, then our lord could be in danger next.”

“It’s not as I estimate; it’s just the reality,” Xuu You said with a light smile, “It’s the only way to explain how Parthia, defeated for a hundred years, could suddenly rise, defeat the Romans, counter-attack to the Two Rivers, and still have the strength to advance further.”

“Rome, their focus isn’t on Parthia now. Although tens of thousands of elite Parthians are indeed strong, we’ve had such power ourselves before, but this level of power, as we clearly know, is insufficient to challenge an empire spanning thousands of miles,” Xuu You said, with a certain arrogance on his face.

“We’ve been through it, so we know this power is strong, but there were at least two such forces in the Han Empire back then, and they were enough to face them head-on without falling behind.” Xuu You raised his hand, as if trying to catch the snowflakes falling from the sky.

“So this level isn’t strong enough!” Xuu You said solemnly.

“Your meaning is, the Romans are now also determined to achieve success in one stroke, much like how we drove away the Huns, to crush their enemies?” Xun Shen’s eyes flashed with keen light. If it is truly as Xuu You estimates, it would indeed be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

“Yes, from now on, there will be two possible outcomes: one is that the Romans barely win against the barbarians, then turn to attack Parthia, resulting in a stalemate war, or…” Xuu You’s eyes flashed with a cold sharpness, and Xun Shen’s eyes were equally sharp.

“The Romans, carrying the momentum of a great victory, are directly proceeding with the force of a collapsing sky!” Xun Shen also stared sharply at Xu You, “In this way, the barbarians who previously confronted Rome have only two possibilities: being incorporated or advancing eastward, and we have had this experience before, with the barbarians, half inevitably being incorporated and the other half fleeing, while those barbarians who can confront an empire head-on…”

“If we can completely swallow them, then we don’t just disguise as a nation,” Xu You proudly said, pressing his chest, “we are the nation, Benchu’s ideals that couldn’t be realized in the Central Plains, we can realize them here!”

“If this is true, then it is very worth trying, only our military strength is not large, the force brought from the Central Plains, Sizhao City has just over ten thousand remaining, and maintaining stability in the city also requires certain forces.” Xun Shen said solemnly, obviously Xu You’s plan had moved him, it was indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

“No, no need, what we need to disguise as is the king of the Samoyed Tribe.” Xu You said with a smile, “As for the barbarians not understanding battle formation cooperation, I already have a way.”

“Oh, let me hear it.” Xun Shen asked curiously.

“Since we don’t understand battle formations, why let others use them, there is a talent called Chaos Formation! Since we can’t strengthen ourselves in this aspect, what we should actually do is ensure that others also can’t strengthen themselves.” Xu You said with a smile.

“This is indeed a method, but the question is how we train this Chaos Formation talent?” Xun Shen was taken aback, then silently nodded, agreeing with Xu You’s words, having to admit that Xu You was very right, this elite Chaos Formation talent can completely solve all current problems.

It can be said that as long as we can train out the Chaos Formation talent, then everything is really not a problem, even without coordination, without formations, the barbarians under their command would definitely not be weaker than the elite troops proficient in battle formation coordination.

These barbarians from extremely cold northern regions, each are very strong, accurately speaking, if not strong enough, they probably cannot survive in the minus forty, even minus fifty or sixty degrees environment, nature’s selection forces them to have strong bodies.

These people are excellent warriors, able to easily defeat Yuan Tan’s elite soldiers one-on-one, and in a ten-on-ten, they won’t fall behind, but in a fifty-on-fifty, they would lose terribly.

When the scale rises to hundreds, even thousands, these barbarians, whose qualities are generally superior, would almost be beaten handsomely by Yuan Tan’s soldiers, in battles of significant scale, relying on coordination, the combat power of the Han army can easily defeat barbarians many times its own size.

This is also why in Sizhao City, there are many more barbarians compared to the Han army, yet the barbarians behave very well when seeing the Han army, because these barbarians don’t understand large army battle coordination, in their eyes, Yuan Tan has a kind of magic, a kind that turns ordinary people stronger than them, so they all respect Yuan Tan as king!

This is also why Xu You plans to use the guise of the king of the Samoyed people to reclaim another group of barbarians, and once the barbarians are in hand, how to mold them would totally be up to his own mood, thus Xu You has thoughts meticulously.

“In this regard, you can rest assured, I have my ways, therefore I plan to cross the Ural Mountains after the New Year and begin implementing my plan.” Xu You squinted and smiled, although somewhat like a fox, his confident demeanor reassured Xun Shen greatly.

“Since you already have the assurance, then I will not say more, by then, the choice of generals will be yours, while I will be stationed in Sizhao City to develop and prepare a strong rear for you.” Xun Shen no longer concerned about the previous issues with Xu You, turning to generously support Xu You’s plan, deciding to independently support the rear’s development.

Xu You nodded, turned around waving his hand, and left amidst the wind and snow.

[Method, what a joke. There is indeed a method to train precise Legion Talent, but that’s something only grandmasters of Zhengli’s level can master, as for me, I’m still far from that tier, however, there’s a method to achieve it even without reaching such a level, though it’s only a guess, I firmly believe my guess is correct!] Xu You bore a cold expression.

After Xu You descended from the city wall, it wasn’t long before he arrived at Jiangh Qi’s military camp, after Yuan Tan left Sizhao City, Jiangh Qi was left to train the large army, while city patrol was handed to Chunyu Qiong.

Relatively speaking, Jiangh Qi is quite a reliable officer, with decent abilities, also proficient in some military formations and tactics, if not for being a more civil servant type officer, he might be even more formidable.

As for Chunyu Qiong, although villainized in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in actual history, he fought hard until death, there’s nothing he could do when Xu You betrayed, and Cao Cao came with Cao family soldiers to besiege Chunyu Qiong, and it was a surprise attack.

In such circumstances, without the level of the Martial Temple’s Ten Sages, falling would be the norm, after all, Cao Cao was no pushover, coming personally to deal with Chunyu Qiong in a surprise attack; if Chunyu Qiong could counter-kill in such a situation, then Yuan Shao need not think too much, just hand the large army to Chunyu Qiong for him to crush easily.

In this era, let alone dealing with eminent generals after a surprise attack, even facing head-on with balanced forces, those who can win against Cao Cao in large army battles are very few, those who can surely win against him, basically there aren’t any, not to mention that time Cao Cao brought all his brothers along.